How To Export Outlook for Mac Emails/Items to an Archive File?

Himanshu Goyal
Updated On - 24 Jan 2019

If you’re using Outlook for Mac and want more free space in your Inbox, then the best way is to archive your emails, contacts, and other items. You can archive OLM data to anywhere on your system. Follow the steps below to export mail items to an archive file in the latest versions of Outlook for Mac.

Open Outlook for Mac on your Mac and go to the “Tools” tab and select “Export.”

A new wizard “Export to Archive File (.olm)” will appear on the screen; select the items that you want to export to the archive file and click “Continue.”

Now, in the “Save as” box, select the “Downloads” folder, and click the “Save” button.

It will take a few seconds to export the data; once it’s done, you’ll receive a notification. Click “Finish” to complete the process.

Using this technique, you can easily export your mail items to Archive in an OLM file.

How to back up OLM files to PST files?

If the manual method to convert OLM to PST is not enough for you to export data from Outlook for Mac data files, then you can export your data to PST files easily. Kernel OLM to PST converter is the most reliable tool to convert your OLM files to PST.
The working process of this software is very simple. Upload the OLM file to the tool and start the scanning process. Once scanned, you’ll be able to see all its content in the tool; you can then save/export the file in the desired format. Let’s see the working process of this tool: